Rating: 
Summary: Bad writing, but a good story!
Review: Usually when I read Alice Borchardt's books I read them within a day or two unable to put the book down. This book took over a week for me to read. The story was interesting but poor writing with unnecessary details at times, not enough details at other times and many, many misspelled words hindered it. The author frequently gave details about the main characters, environments, and backdrop characters that did not pertain to the plot of the story, character development or scenery. This ultimately hindered my comprehension of the story. This story tells five peoples' tales at once (Guinevere, Arthur, Lancelot, Uther and Igrane). Each person's story had transitions I was unable to follow. For example, a person would leave one place and go to the next. It was difficult at times to figure out how and when the person went to the next place and how they got to that place. So, I would logically conclude I had skipped something and go back and read it over again finding that I didn't miss one thing. Alice Borchardt didn't inform us how the transition occurred. I have read all of Alice Borchardt's works and I enjoyed each one. This book makes me wonder. I wonder if there was an editor for this book. I wonder if Alice Borchadt was under a time crunch or had a personal misfortune occur while writing this book. I wonder if all her other books were as poorly written as this one. While I have given plenty of negative feedback, I believe the actual story once you get past the bad writing was excellent. I was sad that it was such a difficult read.
Rating:
Summary: Bad writing, but a good story!
Review: Usually when I read Alice Borchardt's books I read them within a day or two unable to put the book down. This book took over a week for me to read. The story was interesting but poor writing with unnecessary details at times, not enough details at other times and many, many misspelled words hindered it. The author frequently gave details about the main characters, environments, and backdrop characters that did not pertain to the plot of the story, character development or scenery. This ultimately hindered my comprehension of the story. This story tells five peoples' tales at once (Guinevere, Arthur, Lancelot, Uther and Igrane). Each person's story had transitions I was unable to follow. For example, a person would leave one place and go to the next. It was difficult at times to figure out how and when the person went to the next place and how they got to that place. So, I would logically conclude I had skipped something and go back and read it over again finding that I didn't miss one thing. Alice Borchardt didn't inform us how the transition occurred. I have read all of Alice Borchardt's works and I enjoyed each one. This book makes me wonder. I wonder if there was an editor for this book. I wonder if Alice Borchadt was under a time crunch or had a personal misfortune occur while writing this book. I wonder if all her other books were as poorly written as this one. While I have given plenty of negative feedback, I believe the actual story once you get past the bad writing was excellent. I was sad that it was such a difficult read.
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